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LoginNowhere in the Bible does God prohibit interracial relationships. Anyone who says differently is not doing so with any sort of biblical authority. Some would like to use the Old Testament Law of God's command for the Israelites not to marry interracially as evidence that interracial dating or marriage is forbidden Deuteronomy But if we look at the context of this command, we find that skin color or ethnicity actually had nothing whatsoever to do with what God was saying. At the time, only Israelites followed the One True God, and all other races around them were worshippers of idols, pagans, or heathens. Since God knew the Israelites would be led astray from their faith if they intermarried with men and women who followed other religions, He set this command to protect them from the temptation of idolatry.
That last word, "unbelievers" is of key importance. A Christian should not marry a non-Christian no matter how kind and good they are. What about interracial marriage? Deuteronomy tells the Israelites to destroy all the inhabitants of the Canaan land and not to intermarry with them because they would "turn your sons away from following Me, that they may serve other gods.
I heard those words a few weeks ago in what began as a normal conversation with an acquaintance. I had flashbacks to when I was in my early teens and admitted to a friend that one of my celebrity crushes was the Christian rapper, Lecrae. A look of pure disgust crossed over her face as her words dripped over me like poison. My experiences are not isolated. A little more than a month ago, a Mississippi couple was denied a wedding venue because the groom was black and the bride was white. The creation of the Religious Right can be traced back to the late s, when public schools were forced to integrate.
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